On 30 April 2020 the Supreme Court of Victoria ordered Google Inc. to pay $40,000 in defamation damages to Mr Defteros. The Court found that Google Inc. was a publisher of search results and had defamed the lawyer. Background George Defteros is a Melbourne...
The High Court has recently delivered its decision in Love v Commonwealth of Australia and Thoms v Commonwealth of Australia. While the decision will only affect a small number of people its result is the recognition of the special status of Australia’s First...
‘NSW considers laws to stop courts and planners blocking coalmines on climate grounds’ is the lead in an SMH report of 23 October 2019, on page 5. The NSW government is considering its options to block judicial and administrative review of coalmining applications...
Written by Julia Day Every business these days is ‘champing at the bit’ to have a wildly successful social media presence. Often a Facebook or Instagram page is created without any thought for how it is going to be fed, nurtured and safeguarded. In a world where...
Written by Julia Day In LAW342 (Medico-Legal Issues) which I coordinated last year, the class spent a lot of time discussing legal issues relating to Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). For those of you who are unfamiliar with ART, it relates to human...
The 1st July 2019 saw more changes coming into effect in the world of corporate law and governance. Post the Hayne’ Royal Commission into the Misconduct of Banks and Financial Services Industry, there has been a lot of expectations around the 76...
Australia has been in shock at the poor standards of corporate governance and culture, particularly in the financial services sector. The Federal Government has announced at its 2019 Budget (2 April) that approximately $600 million will be invested in the...
While Hocking v Director General of the National Archives of Australia ([2019] FCAFC 12 of 8 February 2019 http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FCAFC/2019/12.html) looks like a dry administrative law case on access to the archives,...
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